BWOTW: 8/5/17 - 13/5/17

Hell there weary web traveller and welcome to this newest edition of 'Noah's Best Wrestling of the Week' AKA 'Send a Villain to do a Cleaner's Work'

But before we send this thing into a nosedive into Parts Unknown the main bit, lets have a quick look at the news;

1. Adam Cole has been kicked out of The Bullet Club, and was done so by the BlizCliz's newest member, 'The Villain' Marty Scurll. A superkick apiece from the Bucks and a crack of an umbrella from Scurll and Cole is outta here. 
2. It has been announced that coinciding with New Japan's G1 Special, there will be a round robin tournament to crown the first IWGP US Champion. It looks like they're gonna be having their own US brand, and to discuss this more, look out for a BWOTW Special soon.
3. It has been confirmed that at TakeOver: Chicago, #DIY will challenge The Authors of Pain for the NXT Tag Team Championship in a ladder match! This will be the third in the brand's history, after Neville/Bo and Finn/Owens. 
4. Daniel Bryan and Brie Bella have welcomed their daughter into the world, Birdie. Congratulations to the couple and good luck in their future parental endeavours!

And now for the turkey legs in this wrestling blog of a trip to DisneyWorld, its the matches!

Monday Night RAW


Best Match on RAW (8/5/17): Seth Rollins vs Samoa Joe

Yes, its this pairing again, and whilst I am getting a little tired of seeing these two going at it on a near weekly basis, in a vaccuum, this is was a decent match. If you look past the fact that we've seen this face-off on a few occasions now, this was fine.

We did get a fair of things we have seen these two do before, with some development upon them, for example the countering of Joe's big sitout kneebreaker thing. I wouldn't necessarily say that this was a memorable clash in their feud, apart from maybe the end which was quite cool. Joe drove the head of Rollins into the exposed steel of the turnbuckle, causing a DQ, and then choking the fucker out.

Joe really needs to be put across more as a brutal killer. With Strowman and Lesnar (to a lesser extent) being the monsters of RAW, I feel that whilst Joe fits that archetype, I think that he could perhaps instead be a more calculated and sadistic destroyer. He takes out the body parts, targets people, whatever, just something a little different from Strowman.

Anywho, this was a fine match, but I definitely feel their match at Payback was better. In all, RAW isn't amazing right now, you might be better off keeping up with news/highlights and your favourite guys/girls, because it is feeling more and more like a slog to get through.

SmackDown! LIVE

Best Match on SD! (9/5/17): AJ Styles, Sami Zayn & Randy Orton vs Kevin Owens, Baron Corbin & Jinder Mahal

Going across to SmackDown! now and we are main-evented this week by a six-man tag featuring what is shaping up to be the competitors in Backlash's singles matches, with Randy Orton, AJ Styles and Sami Zayn teaming up to take on Jinder Mahal, Kevin Owens and Baron Corbin.

It was your sort of typical six-man tag with thrown together teams. Lots of in and out, Sami being the one to take the brunt of the bad guys' beatdown. The ending sequence saw everyone getting in a signature move, sans Kevin Owens who just did a big push to Styles, though it was still awesome, seeing him fly out like that.

Jinder pins Orton! So, that was it, a nice match here on SmackDown! which did feel like a bit more filler until Backlash allows us to reevaluate and push on with storylines.

205 Live

Best Match on 205 (9/5/17): Akira Tozawa vs Brian Kendrick

Its another rematch here on 205 Live now, but it was much better than Joe/Rollins I feel, its Akira Tozawa taking on Brian Kendrick.

One thing that certainly stuck out was the thudding strikes we had from both men, chops and forearms letting their presence be known to the arena. Plus, a boot or two in there as well, with one really looking like it rocked Tozawa. A slapping sound of rubber sole meeting Akira's face was nasty and the sights matched it too. The British crowd were behind Tozawa pretty consistently throughout this, lots of 'AH's sounding through the arena and cheers for all his spots.

It's been a while since these two have had a one-on-one encounter, with them having won the acclaim of being 'The Best Match of the Week' on the last 205 Live before WrestleMania, so I can't really compare them, with it not being as clear in my mind. This one had a cleaner finish, though still a roll-up was what finished it so it leaves room for there to be even more to come from these two. Not sure what else they can do with these two, so hopefully we get some more fuel on this fire, or perhaps let them move onto new things. 

In conclusion, this was a good match, better than the RAW and SmackDown! matches I'd say. But, will these two's performance be able to take the crown this week? Let's check out what's next, or you can just scroll to the bottom, up to you.

NXT

Best Match on NXT (10/5/17): Hideo Itami vs Roderick Strong - No.1 Contender's Match for the NXT Championship

Moving on to NXT now and we have some more fruitful results as we have a No.1 Contender's Match for Bobby Roode's NXT Championship, with the returning Hideo Itami heading up against the freshly built up Roderick Strong.

This match was really, really good. A very competitive and back'n'forth match, with both of these men proving their worth and right for contention to the title. 

Like the Tozawa/Kendrick match just above this, strikes were a heavy influence in this match being as good as it was. Itami of course has a lot of his ring work centred around his array of stiff strikes and combinations, which always look brutal. Roddy kept up with this, having his own nasty chops and knee strikes being thrown into the mix that I adore. 

It's a shame that I haven't managed to collate clips of them all, but Roddy went full 'Messiah of the Backbreaker' in this one, which is a surefire way to keep me enthralled. Dropped him on the apron, pumphandled him down on the knee and this corner catch one were Strong's methods of realigning Hideo's vertebrae;

The crowd were hot for this, and aside from a dickish chant or two, they were invested into this contest, counting along with the pins and reacting to all the big moves. Even sat at home I was fidgeting and shifting in my seat as I watched this, with the action here being a damn good watch.

Eventually, it came down to Itami winning with a GTS and pinning Roddy to secure his place in the main event of TakeOver: Chicago. Due to the injuries he's sustained, this is only his third TakeOver match, his last one being against Tyler Breeze at Rival. Jesus that was ages ago - to help with the time frame, that's the show where Owens won the NXT Championship.

It looks like Strong might be facing Eric Young at Chicago, being attacked after the match sa shown on their YouTube. I hope Strong gets a title match soon, and with those video packages that have certainly got him majorly over with me, it looks like things might be going that way shortly.

Ring of Honour

Best Match on ROH TV (Episode 294): Dalton Castle & Christopher Daniels vs The Bullet Club (Adam Cole & Cody Rhodes)

We're on the last episode before War of the Worlds now with Ring of Honour. Main-eventing this time around, we have the team of ROH World Champion Christopher Daniels and Dalton Castle facing a duo from The Bullet Club, Adam Cole and Cody Rhodes.

This was another match this week that felt a little inconsequential. It was a perfectly fine match, but it was a little hard to get invested knowing that the pay-per-view was soon and with me not being too high on Cody, his interactions with Daniels didn't have the same payoff for me. The stakes may not have felt too high, but I can't say this was a bad match, or even an okay one because this most definitely was good. Hell, those who do quite enjoy Cody's work will probably like this more than me.

What I did like from this match was the fake out of Adam abandoning Cody, coming back near the climax to superkick Daniels from behind and set Cody up for the win. I thought that was a nice creative play that I cannot remember seeing before. 

As always, you can watch ROH TV for completely FREE on either www.rohwrestling.com/tv/current or on the Fite TV app.

ROH: War of the Worlds

Toronto

Best Match on WotW Toronto: Hiroshi Tanahashi & The Addiction (Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian) vs The Elite (Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson))
Honourable Mention(s): Jay Lethal vs KUSHIDA

The....Elite.....The, The Elite (break it down)

With his work visa or something inhibiting his ability to wrestle in the US or something like that, Kenny Omega joins us here on the tour in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to team with The Young Bucks to face Tanahashi, Daniels and Kazarian.

This was a very good match, with The Elite's presence being a treat whatever the occasion and whatever the promotion. There was a strong build to a face off between Omega and Tanahashi, which they teased and teased, letting us have it in the final few minutes of the match. It did feel a little topsy turvy in some regards. Daniels and Tanahashi are meant to be pretty much the biggest babyfaces in their respective companies, but The Elite were so massively cheered that it ended up with them getting dampened cheers, or even boos. Whilst Kaz and Daniels have experience as incredible heels, and did tap into it in this one, Tanahashi kept a performance akin to the fan favourite, which really was Omega in this one hands down.

No matter what, whatever match the Bucks inhabit, they always make their finishes memorable, and adding Kenny to this one made it even more so. Reminiscent of their combos with Styles back in the day, after and Indytaker they passed over the destroyed Daniels to Omega, who muscled him up to a powerbomb position, turned him round and hit with the One Winged Angel for the 3 count.

Awesome match this, definitely centred around Omega, with this being his first appearance in ROH in ages. I've always thought that Omega would make a great ROH World Champion, and maybe if he doesn't win the IWGP belt at Dominion, he could have a tenure in ROH, maybe swap him and Cody around for a bit. It'd certainly stimulate the main event scene, and maybe with this pin on Daniels, he might get put into the running.

SUPERKICK COUNTER: 19

New York City (PPV)

Best Match on WotW NYC: Jay White vs Will Ospreay

Taking the cake on ROH's pay-per-view this time around, it was the 'dream match' contest between Jay White and Will Ospreay.

Right off the bat, I wanna say that for a long time, I've been a bit of a critic on Jay White. I figured his debut in PWG at 'Only Kings Understand Each Other' against Marty Scurll might have finally gotten me on board with him, but it didn't really. However, I feel this match may have now sold me on him. I'd felt in his previous matches he didn't do a lot to wow me, with a bit of a basic moveset. In this one, he got to flaunt some fancier and flashier parts of his arsenal. The competitiveness of this contest made me feel like he had more of a character and attitude to intrigue me. I hope that he can keep this up.

Ospreay, as ever, is nothing short of a joy to watch. Throughout all the controversy and polarising nature of some his matches and ringwork, I am forever in awe of Ospreay and what he can do, plus being a little bit of a hero to li'l British me. The flips, the strikes and even his overlooked technical game all were on full show in this, making for an awesome match. 

This match had so many good moments, and I felt that the exclamation point to this one was the false finish deep into the match, with White millimetres away from a 3-count. Had it ended there, this match would still have been the show's best. From then after, things went to the next level and so did the excitement levels. Then everything leading up to the climax with the springboard Shooting Star Press and following Oscutter from Will was fantastic. Great stuff from these two.

Oh, and happy birthday, Will! 

The Verdict

Best Match of the Week: Jay White vs Will Ospreay - ROH/NJPW: War of the Worlds NYC

Yes, it's only gone and done it. It built and built as time went on into a truly incredible match. Whilst I might not go as far as Meltzer who deemed it the best match seen in North America so far this year, it's certainly up there for me. This is Ospreay's sixth 'Best Match of the Week' and Jay's first (of perhaps a few if he keeps it up).

I also wanna say, that until I watch War of the Worlds this morning (Saturday), Strong/Itami on NXT was my clear cut winner of this week, and should be recognised as also being great. My recommendation would be to check both of those out.

With another week done, dusted and put on the fridge for everyone to see, here's what the leaderboard looks like now.

And now the last thing to be decided upon this week, it's 'The Best Promo of the Week' and once again, its the insane Usos taking the microphones and spewing out an awesome promo in preparation for their clash with last week's winners, Breezango, at Backlash, check it out;

That just about does it for me for this one readers. Thank you for joining me and I hope to see you again soon! Like I said, I'll be doing a BWOTW Special on New Japan's venture into the US wrestling scene, and it should be on your screens soon. I'm too far away to give you my hugs, so being good to yourselves in your part of the world will suffice. Take care, and I'll catch you down the road!

BWOTW: 21/11/16 - 26/11/16

Welcome, one and all, to this latest addition to this project of mine I call 'Noah's Best Wrestling of the Week' AKA 'Shinsuke Not-champion-any-mura' 

Fuckin' coooooooooooooooooooool

As customary on this weekly write-y thing, let's first dive into the past 7 days in the form of news...

1. Title changes galore! Samoa Joe is the new NXT Champion (UNBEATABLE POWER OF THE DICK KICK), #DIY are the new NXT Tag Team Champions, Will Ospreay was the new ROH TV Champion, but then Marty Scurll beat him to be the new ROH TV Champion. Looks like the value of gold must've gone up.
2. Expanding on that last one, at Final Battle we are getting Scurll vs Ospreay vs Dragon Lee vs Bobby Fish for the ROH TV Title. Goddamn what a match that should be.
3. Goldberg murdered defeated Lesnar in 1min 26sec. Fucking hell, what a turn of events that was, and I loved it. Not only that, but he announced on RAW that he will be in the Royal Rumble!
4. James Ellsworth is now officially a SmackDown! superstar! What a beautiful journey it has been for this man.
5. Randy Orton has welcomed his new baby girl into the world. The Wyatt Family continues to grow!
6. Meltzer has confirmed that we are getting TakeOver: San Antonio the night before the Royal Rumble. Part of me thinks that might be a bit too soon, though I suppose this isn't the first time we've had this short a gap between TakeOvers ([R]Evolution in November and Rival in January)

And now for the egg in this wrestling blog cake batter, its the matches!

NXT TakeOver: Toronto

Best Match on TakeOver Toronto: The Revival (Dash Wilder & Scott Dawson) vs #DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa) - NXT Tag Team Championship Match - 2 Out of 3 Falls
Honourable Mention(s): The whole damn show

SAY YEAH!

These guys once again proved that ‘(Ciampa + Gargano) x The Revival = A Fucking Awesome Match’ and then multiplying that by ‘2 out of 3 falls’, you’ve got a Match of the Year candidate.

I loved this match. The spots in this one were perfectly timed, leaving enough time between to get in some lovely psychology and some old school tag wrestling. The first fall came about after one of the most brutal Shatter Machines I’ve ever witnessed. It was so compact and the angle of Gargano's descent was very steep, with the landing looking super nasty.

The continuation of the working on Gargano's leg was sweet, a lovely call back and made the story of this so much better, especially when we had him reach the ropes when last time he tapped. Beautiful.

My favourite spot was probably in the lead to the third fall when The Revival went to perform DIY's finisher, only to receive a taste of their own medicine;

There was a few pinfalls broken up by tag partners in this one, making it all incredibly tense. Many sighs of relief and frustration filled my living room as I reacted to the endless near-finishes. 

I can't say enough good things about this match. I think it was better than their clash at TakeOver: Brooklyn II and is seriously in the running for 'Best Match of the Year' (make sure to stay posted for my end of year special). Every minute was spectacular, so much tension, the spots were awesome, great psychology with the leg targeting of Gargano and that double submission ending was masterful. I love it!

WWE Survivor Series

Best Match on SS: Team RAW (Kevin Owens, Chris Jericho, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns & Braun Strowman) vs Team SmackDown! LIVE (AJ Styles, Dean Ambrose, Bray Wyatt, Randy Orton & Shane McMahon)
Honourable Mention(s): Cesaro & Sheamus vs The Usos - Final 2 in the Tag Team Survivors Match

For the past few years, Survivor Series Tag Matches more often than not are a bit thrown together with no proper development. This year I was a lot more invested in it, as well as the women's and tag division ones. I have made clear on here that I haven't really liked how all of Team RAW in each match were dysfunctional and having a lot of in-fighting, putting me firmly in support of Team SmackDown!

When it came down to it, the men's match was fucking awesome. Sure, some shenanigans, but most of the time it they were very entertaining. I would be remissed if I didn't mention that this match had a plethora of high spots that were insane. So, look forward to some gifs and clips of these coming up.

One thing that made this match much better than the other two was the first elimination. Dean Ambrose was the first to go after the better part of 20 minutes. He didn't feel wasted, didn't feel like he was a weak link, and had significance. I appreciate that with the women's and tag team match didn't have the same amount of overall time to work with, but I just felt that that wait until the first elimination made it much more impactful.

Braun was, as predicted by near-everyone, a fucking monster in this match. From his first time stepping into the match to even him leaving after being eliminated, his presence was definitely felt. For example, here he is committing manslaughter on the WWE World Champion, AJ Styles.

They also had him needing to be taken out by a whole host of big moves by multiple people. I've been kinda soured on Orton and the RKO after all the '#OUTTANOWHERE' and memes and stuff, but I have to admit, Orton hit some sick ones in this match, one of which being to the big man himself;



As usual with any match that has 'Shane McMahon' listed as a participant, Shane decided to make like a Voltorb and perform 'Self Destruct', sacrificing a whole lot to put down Strowman even more;

And then, not even that properly put Braun away. He lumbered his way to the ring, but was counted out thanks to good ol' James Ellsworth. I'm glad these two got to interact again, and their little segment backstage earlier on the show did make me chuckle. I feel like Strowman has some good comedy potential in him, luckily that hasn't been done to death yet.

Speaking of death, Shane McMahon again, dying;

That must've taken a hefty amount of wind outta Shane-O, seeing as how he was pinned (i.e. couldn't keep his shoulder down and having to be eliminated by referee's disgression). Say what you will about Shane McMahon but Jesus Hiratio Christ he goes all out every time he's in that ring. 

Remember what I said about Randy's awesome RKOs? Number 2...

I really liked that Wyatt & Orton were the last ones for SmackDown!, this match made them look like a proper team, and it has considerably changed my view on this story with them. I figured Orton would sooner or later turn on Bray and the Wyatts, but looks like he's gonna be here a while. 

This teamwork led to this finale of this spectacular match, with Orton sacrificing himself, and Bray capitalising with a Sister Abigail that looked like he damn near snapped Reigns's head off his shoulders.

Overall, this match was like 50 minutes long. Fair fucks to everyone inolved, especially those lasting right til the end, and those who took astounding bumps in the name of sports entertainment. I thought this was super good, probably my new favourite Traditional Survivor Series Match ever. Definitely look this one if you have the time.

As for the honourable mention, Sheasaro/Usos at the end of the tag match was great. Lovely teamwork on both sides, Sheasaro better be getting some titles soon, I'm beginning to really enjoy this pairing. I started off rooting for SmackDown!, ended up cheering on RAW from that part alone.

Monday Night RAW

Best Match on RAW (21/11/16): Kevin Owens vs Seth Rollins - WWE Universal Championship Match - No Disqualification

Still in the Great White North, it's Monday Night RAW. Main eventing us this week, we've got Kevin Owens defending his big red belt against Seth Rollins in a No DQ match. 

Spot heavy match for you here, with it not taking long at all for weapons to become involved. Seth gets table out, cheers. Owens puts it away, boos. Just a little touch there that I liked a lot. The first big thing I thought was cool was Owens doing his cannonball senton with a chair in front of Rollins. Can't recall him doing that before, and it looked damn sweet. 

Owens was getting his ass kicked for a lot of the match, with him groggily stumbling about more than walking after the first few minutes. Poor Owens was just trying to superplex Seth when he got introduced to furniture.

The duo soon took full advantage of the new game mechanics added to 2K17 this year as they headed through the crowd. Rollins took it one step further though, adding some high risk offence to this match with a big ol' dive.

Once we got back to the ringside, we got a little bit of Jericho interference that led to Owens getting the pinfall victory. He also performed one of his coolest and most horrific moves in his repetoire, the apron powerbomb AKA The Zayn Killer.

Nice match here, a good chunk of weapon use and more extreme spots. Good if you're looking for a fast paced little something to fill the time.

SmackDown! LIVE

Best Match on SD! (22/11/16): The Miz vs Kalisto - WWE Intercontinental Championship Match

It's the Money Show now, $mackDown! LIVE.

The Miz is once again popping up on this li'l blog o' mine, defending his championship against Kalisto.

Kalisto took it right to Miz in this one, flurries of kicks and quick action kept the masked man on top for the majority. This wasn't a terribly long match, with Corbin interfering in it, attempting to attack Kalisto, only for him to counter but get given the Skull Crushing Finale by Miz to finish. 

It's nice that Kalisto is getting back on track, receiving a spot on the Survivor Series card for the Cruiserweight Championship, and now getting show as a legitimate threat to the Intercontinental Championship. Hopefully we get going places soon.

Not a huge match here, but it was good for the time it had and did it's job well.

NXT

Best Match on NXT (23/11/16): Aliyah, Liv Morgan & Ember Moon vs Billie Kay, Peyton Royce & Daria Berenato

Just a little taping before TakeOver this week, headlined by the only proper women's storyline going at the minute, with Billie Kay and Peyton Royce finding a partner in Dario Berenato to take on the newfound alliance of Liv Morgan, Aliyah and Ember Moon.

We had Royce and Kay doing some solid double team work, which gives me hope that one day we'll get some Women's Tag Team Championships, but baby steps, seeing as they're the only proper team at the minute. 

Ember did her always cool stuff, springboard, gymnastics, flips, the works. Whilst she hasn't had a whole lot by way of substantial match time, her showing off/time to shine is still very exciting to watch. We keep getting Otunga preaching that Naomi is the most athletic woman in WWE, but to me, Ember is. 

There's one thing I love about Daria; her double leg takedown. It has a mix of power and strength as well as being quite funny to me. Double leg takedown is meant to be a lead into something else, but Daria doing it to straight up destroy someone is awesome. 

Also on this episode of NXT, SAnitY wrecked shop and we got to see Eric Young's fucking deadly finisher;

Ring of Honour

Best Match on ROH TV (Episode 270): The Kingdom (Matt Taven, TK O'Ryan & Vinny Marseglia) vs Team CMLL (Hechicero, Okumura & Ultimo Guerrero) - ROH Six Man Tag Team Title Tournament

It's more action from the Six Man Tag tournament this week, featuring Team CMLL taking on the new and reformed Kingdom. 

I dunno what to make of this new Kingdom so far, I always preferred Mike Bennett to Taven, and I haven't much an opinion on O'Ryan or Marseglia, other than that they're solid in the ring. 

Team CMLL were my highlight of this match. Hechicero was pretty damn badass in this one, just through sheer dominance and his encouragement to be chopped, taking his straps from his gear down. Ultimo is also real cool, he has this awesome moveset and it gets the crowd very excitable and loud. I'm not massively liking Okumura, he just doesn't appear to do a whole lot, but overall I feel Team CMLL were better recieved and better acknowledging of the crowd this time around. 

Solid match here which saw The Kingdom come out on top, meaning that the finals of this tournament will see them face ACH, KUSHIDA and Jay White for the titles at Final Battle on Friday 2nd December, finally back at the Hammerstein Ballroom. I am so excited to see that arena decked out with wrestling once more. 

Lucha Underground

Best Match on LU (S3E12): Killshot vs Dante Fox

Holy shit we got some crazy stuff in this match. First the WMD match with Marty 'The Moth' Martinez, now this; Killshot is so good at matches for bitter rivalries. 

This was super high paced, with both these men extremely gifted on the athletic side, flips, strikes and leaps aplenty, all the good things you can expect from Lucha Underground. There were a fair few high spots in this one, the most hard hitting of which was this Death Valley Driver off the top rope onto the apron.  

Fox must've felt that one in the morning.

Another awesome moment saw Fox then afterwards kick out of Killshot's finisher, which surprised me as well as those in attendance at The Temple. 

I really liked this match, its just that I'm not retainig much else writing this at the moment, so apologies to you dear reader, I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me. Anyway...

EVOLVE 72

Best Match on EVOLVE 72: Chris Hero vs Tracy Williams

I finally caught a somewhat up to date EVOLVE show! With my return to EVOLVE saw the match of 'Hot Sauce' Tracy Williams (God I love that nickname) taking on Chris Hero. 

We kicked things off straight away with a German suplex from Williams, which was damn awesome if I do say so. As with any Chris Hero match up, you can expect some nasty looking strikes. Tonight was no exception with him landing a plethora of thundering elbows, straights and kicks. However, Tracy also landed his own mean chops that were stiff as mahogany. 

My favourite moment of this match saw Hero drop Williams directly on his head with a mean looking piledriver. However, the crowning moment of this was Williams kicking out after the ref had counted just a 1. I always pop for 1 counts, though I'm glad that they're as rare as they are, lest they be done to death.

The end too had quite a shock factor to it too. Tracy had Hero locked in the Crossface submission hold and made him tap! All of Hero's losses have a certain weight to them, which is a testament to how well he has been conveyed over the years, what with him being booked pretty damn strong, possessing an incredible intimidating form and his new schtick demanding to be introduced as 'The Greatest of All Time'. And we all know, Chris Hero ain't nothin' to fuck with.

EVOLVE 73

Best Match on EVOVLE 73: Chris Hero vs Matt Riddle (Hero/Riddle III)
Honourable Mention(s): Drew Gulak vs Zack Sabre Jr.

It's the end of this trilogy of Hero and Riddle, two men who are just ridiculously good. One thing I wanted to add, first time I've seen Riddle in black trunks, looks kinda strange I have to say seeing as he doesn't wear anything else other than his shorts. 

Hero lands a Yakuza kick to get us underway, because the best tactics involve your boot in the face of your opponent. A lot more grappling and technical wrestling than Hero's match the night before with Williams, with Riddle's MMA coming into play here. 

But, there was still a fuck tonne of booming hits. Hero hit one elbow so hard that it sent Riddle out of the ring and to the floor. Awesome. Responding to these strikes was a great moment for Riddle later on. He stood up to Hero, 'Bro-ing up' as I put it, shouting 'Bro!' as to urge Hero to keep hitting him and hitting him, countering finally with his own mad sequence of strikes. This defiance wasn't throughout though, with Riddle getting laid the fuck out when an elbow met his face off a springboard dive in my highlight of the match.

The ending was goddamn destructive. Hero, renowned for utilising the piledriver, delivered two in a row two put Riddle to bed and finish this awesome match. With each match, Riddle rises in the rankings of my favourites. Bro!

The honourable mention here was a great match too. Gulak faced Sabre in a mat classic, a pure technical wrestling spectacle, with these guys going a good half hour just wrestling. Beautiful stuff.

The Verdict

Best Match of the Week: The Revival (Dash Wilder & Scott Dawson) vs #DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tomasso Ciampa) - NXT Tag Team Championship Match

God what a fucking match this was. All out emotion and nerves overcame me watching this, haven't felt like that in a while now. One of the best tag matches I can remember, certainly of this year hands down. Revival, although I was desperate for you to lose the titles, there is no denying that you have made tag wrestling in NXT amazing to watch.

The Survivor Series match was also incredible, just not as much as the NXT match though. It surpassed all my expectations and was a very memorable match, one of the best main roster matches this year, and in Survivor Series history.

And with that, we can chalk up the leaderboard with these results so that in now looks like this here link.

Get ready for a double whammy now, it's 'The Best Wrestling Quote(s) of the Week'!;

Byron, why dont you take a bus to Alaska and stay there the rest of your life - JBL

Monkeys! MOOOONKEEEYS! - Kevin Owens

That just about does it from me for this span of time we call a week folks. Get ready for another big week next time, with Final Battle and the debut episode of 205 Live! Really looking forward to these, I cannae wait pal. Hope you all have a lovely time and treat yourself, try and make yourself one really good sandwich sometime, you deserve it.