NXT, ROH, Lucha Underground, TNA Results 22/07/15

NXT, ROH, TNA and Lucha Underground Results 22/07

The Wednesday night wars continue in the quest for ratings. This week saw ROH look to the past, NXT look to the future, Lucha Underground look to Ultima Lucha and TNA look for somebody to watch the show. Here are this weeks results from Wednesday night.

Ring Of Honor Results 22/07

• ROH celebrated their 200th episode this Wednesday. Unsurprisingly, ROH's history plays a major part in the show highlighting some of the best moments from the previous 199 episodes. Some of the moments included were The Addition defeating reDRagon for the tag titles, Steel Cage Warfare between Team ROH and Team S.C.U.M, AJ Styles vs Hanson and Michael Bennett facing off against Lance Storm.

• 8 Person Tag Team Grudge Match                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       The only current match on this show was a big tag team main event which saw Roderick Strong team up with The Briscoes and ODB to take on The House of Truth, including Truth Martini.

          The match ended with ODB scoring the 100 Proof Roll Up on Truth Martini. The show closed             with Strong, ODB and The Briscoes in the ring before a promo hyping Death Before Dishonor           this Friday night.

         A lot of time this week on ROH was spent reminiscing about the company's rich history-and                rightly so. ROH has been the proving ground for wrestlers for over a decade now, playing a                major part in the development of the likes of CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, Seth Rollins, Kevin                  Owens, Sami Zayn and Cesaro. The only current match was a fun multi-man tag that ended                with ODB pinning Truth Martini. The match served as a taster for the Jay Lethal vs Roderick              Strong match tomorrow night at Death Before Dishonor. 

NXT Results 22/07

• Finn Balor cut his first promo as NXT Champion after defeating Kevin Owens in Japan. This bought a pissed off Owens to the ring and a contract signing was set up for later in the evening.
• Eva Marie def KC Cassidy with The Kendrick (Sliced Bread).
• Baron Corbin squash. Yawn.
• Samoa Joe def Mike Rallis with the Muscle Buster. Poor Joe, he has had very little opportunity to make an impact since joining NXT and once again wins a match against a nobody.
• Bayley def Emma with a Hugplex. After the match, Bayley revealed that before she challenges Sasha Banks for her NXT Women's title she first has to beat the best Diva in the NXT, Charlotte.
• The Vaudvillians def Dawkins & Fulton. 
• The contract signing between Finn Balor and Kevin Owens ends in the same way every contract signing ever has ended, Owens gets a couple of strikes in before Finn chases him out of the ring.

Not much of note happens on NXT for the fourth time in a row. The injuries to top babyfaces have harmed the NXT product overall which has failed to achieve the heights of the Sami Zayn/Adrian Neville rivalry. Although the show initially intended to help develop WWE talent, the addition of hot indie wrestlers over the last year could prove a problem now that people's expectations of the product have been conditioned to expect high quality indie wrestling week in week out. Over the past few weeks NXT has not delivered anything near the standard of the past year. This period of NXT represents a cross roads for the big wigs as they must come to a decision on whether they want NXT to compete with the independent circuit or they want to use it as branch of WWE. Either way, fans will be disappointed.

Lucha Underground Results 22/07

• The show began with Dario giving Big Ryck a medallion without having to compete for it.
• Texano def Johnny Mundo by DQ as The Crew take Texano down with blows by kendo sticks to the back of the knees. El Patron comes down to make the save, Mundo flees whilst The Crew take a beating.
• Hernandez confronts Dario Cueto regarding the fan's opinion of him. Cueto sets up Drago vs Hernandez  in a Believers Backlash Match.
• The Mack def Cage in perhaps the surprise of the night. A brawl broke out between the two spilling into the arena before Cueto sets up a Falls Count Anywhere match next week.
• Fenix returns, Cueto is not happy but allows him to compete in this week's main event, a Ten Man Battle Royal for the final medallion in which the final two competitors will compete in a one on one match.
• Fenix def Marty Moth. The final two men remaining in the Battle Royal go head to head in a short match which Fenix wins with a roll up. 
• The show concludes with Prince Puma cutting a promo in the ring before he is interrupted by Mil Muertes. Mil sends out the disciples of death which Puma expertly deals with, clearing the ring before performing the 630 splash on the final disciple. 

TNA Results 22/07

• Bram def Magnus in a Street Fight after James Storm interfered by attacking Magnus with his cowbell before informing Magnus that their rivalry is far from over.
• Eli Drake came cut a promo running down Drew Galloway. This bought Drew to the ring as he asked the crowd what they think he should do to Drake. The fans want to see Drake get beaten up but only get to see Drew land a few strikes before Drake flees.
• Taryn Terrell cuts a promo on how she should still be champ before Brooke cuts her off. 
• The mass exodus of BDC members over the past couple of weeks along with Hernandez's legal difficulties force TNA into showing the disgusting King of the Mountain match in its entirety. Like it wasn't bad watching it for the first time.
• Eric Young def Spud in a chain match with a piledriver to the chain. The reasons for this match occurring are beyond my comprehension, must be something to do with the tapes of Hernandez they possess but can not show.
• Matt Hardy def Booby Roode to become the number on contender to EC3's title in a table's match. Roode attempted the Roode Bomb before Hardy reversed, putting Roode through the table with a back drop.

TNA fall further behind ROH, LU and NXT this week with a mash up of random matches that don't make a great deal of sense. It really seems like it is only a matter of time before TNA turn out the lights one final time although rumours of a big invasion angle with Jeff Jarrett's new company, GFW, persist. The legal troubles over Hernandez have seriously harmed TNA and the loss of the BDC and MVP in particular has only confounded their problems. MVP proved that he is still a one of the most valuable players again before leaving next week. Out of all of TNA's loses over the past couple of months, MVP is as important as any.