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Old 06-23-2016, 08:13 PM   #136
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The tapings are underway:

SPOILER: show

* For those wondering, Mauro Ranallo and Daniel Bryan were the commentators.

* After each match, the winner gets their hand raised and declared the winner, giving it a more sports-like vibe.

July 13th:

* Gran Metalik (the former Mascara Dorada, I believe) faced someone called Alejandro Saez. I searched to confirm the name and Google linked me to 15-time Latin Grammy winner Alejandro Sanz. Metalik won with the Fireman's Carry Driver. It can be assumed this was probably executed better than Dana Brooke's.

* Ho Ho Lun defeated Ariya Daivari, brother of Khosrow, with a bridging German suplex. No word on if Daivari used Muhammad Hassan's awesome theme.

* Cedric Alexander defeated Clement Petiot, my pick to the win the entire thing (whoops) with the Lumbar Check. No clue what that move is, but I imagine several variants could appear on a list of Chris Jericho's moves. #56...LumBAR...

* Brian Kendrick defeated Raul Mendoza, who apparently won over the crowd with an impressive showing. Kendrick actually got the win via submission with a Saka Otoshi. This confirms my suspicions that Kendrick dropping the "The" from his name means he has snapped and become a bad ass submission machine.

July 20th:

* Tajiri kicked Damian Slater in the head to advance. The poor Australian didn't have the sense to change his name to something that didn't remind creative of two jobbers smashed together.

* TJ Perkins defeated Da Mack via submission. Thank God I don't need to type "Da Mack" again in this entire thing. But he apparently got a good response after the loss.

* Lince Dorado defeated Mustafa Ali with a Shooting Star Press. No word yet on who was dressed as an ant. Dorado apparently got a big pop.

* Akira Tozawa defeated Kenneth Johnson with a German suplex. Apparently this match was not good. Afterwards, Jamie Noble allegedly blamed Stevie Richards for recommending Johnson and the match sucking, and as a result, Richards won't be welcomed back to the WWE in the brand split era after all.

July 27th:

* Zack Sabre, Jr. defeated Tyson Dux with an ARMbar.

* Drew Gulak defeated Harv Sihra with guillotine choke. Hopefully Harv beats up his brother and steals his shot later in the tournament.

* Tony Nese defeated Andrew Bennett. I think Bennett is the guy with crazy hair. Nese got the win with a 450 Splash and it looked like Bennett hurt himself. A lot of people think that Bennett and Ali hurt themselves during this taping. Hey, at least they're out of the tournament, right? Right?

* Kota Ibushi defeated Sean Maluta with his Golden Star Bomb. Sean Maluta has already been signed to a 20-year deal with WWE. Ibushi got a big pop, but management believes that is just because he is going against Maluta.

August 3rd:

* Rich Swann defeated Jason Lee (not the actor, presumably). This Lee is from Hong Kong. Expect Bryan to try and get the guy's autograph for Brie as an ongoing WWE.com comedy sketch. Swann got the pin with a standing 450.

* Noam Dar advanced when he defeated "Gurv" Sihra via submission. The crowd apparently didn't care much about this match. But, to be fair, Harv had already worked earlier that night.

* Jack Gallagher and his manly manliness defeated Fabian Aichner with a corner dropkick. The manliest dropkick you've ever seen, probably.

* Johnny Gargano defeated Tommaso Ciampa with a crucifix pin counter to a Fujiwara Armbar attempt. Ciampa showed too much compassion during this match. Tommaso hit Project Ciampa during the match. Gargano offered his hand after the match, but Ciampa walked off. He then had a moment of clarity, came back, and gave Gargano a hug. He'll turn heel on him in Brooklyn.


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