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**M-A-G** · 01-31-2021, 12:55 PM

Superstars: May 3, 2040

We're beginning the month of May with this presentation of Superstars! For some strange reason things look a little different and we've got some fancier graphics (

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We open with the returning Brandon Reigns! He looks pretty healthy and ready to go. He takes the mic and addresses the fact that it was unfortunate that he missed out on his rightfully earned chance at the Intercontinental Title at Backlash. The end result would have been the same; there would have been a new champion only it would've Brandon Reigns. He fully expects the situation to be remedied and is counting on Lisa Benton to do the right thing and allow him to challenge for the title.

Lisa Benton herself joins us and gets right to it. She's glad to see Reigns back but questions if he's sure he's ready to go because she wants to schedule an Intercontinental Title match soon. Reigns is more than ready, he declares. In fact, to prove it, he'll take an open challenge for the main event tonight! Benton ponders this for a bit but ultimately agrees.

First Match: Hugo vs. Todd Griffith
This is our first look at Hugo after the devastation he left after his debut on Raw. We're not sure if Carl Deveroux will ever recover. Hugo strikes Griffith. Stiff chop lights up Griffith. Hugo fires off some right and left hands. There's a two count on the pin. Griffith takes a flying neckbreaker from Hugo. Cover for a two count. Hugo gets taken down out of nowhere. Griffith snapmares Hugo. Cover for a two count. Todd Griffith uses a running dropkick into the corner. Hugo powers out of a Todd Griffith headlock. Flying clothesline by Hugo. Todd Griffith is in trouble. Moonsault Crush!!! That shook the ring. 1....2....3!! Todd Griffith leaves and walks back down the aisle. Wait...Hugo comes running as well, and Griffith gets dropped with a clothesline, followed by a load of stomps. He is left lying in the aisle. I'll give it a *1\2 rating. 52% overall. Just a squash over a jobber to start the ball rolling on getting Hugo over.

Martyn LaSalle makes his way to the ring, looking a bit worse for wear but that's to be expected after his brutal I Quit match against Quentin McDaniels. He wants to let us know that physically, he'll recover. He always bounces back. Mentally? Spiritually? He won't lie to us, he took his loss pretty bad. He fully expected to go over McDaniels but LaSalle underestimated him. LaSalle isn't sure where he'll go from here but rest assured he's definitely not going away. He recover and he'll start that climb to the top again. Hell, maybe he'll take Brandon Reigns up on his chal...

...Jason Sorola's music hits and he interjects himself. Jason calls LaSalle and mopey loser. No one cares about how LaSalle feels and it'd be funny if it weren't so sad. LaSalle needs to man up just like Jason Sorola. LaSalle fires back that perhaps Sorola has a point. After all, here he stands now, strong and confident, when not that long ago LaSalle made Sorola tap out like a little bitch and made sure he didn't get a World Title shot. Sorola turns red and turns around but then tries a surprise right hand. LaSalle catches him though and looks to apply the Martynizer! Sorola escapes and bails however.

Second Match: The British Infection vs. Jimmy Farnes and Freddie Galino
Flying shoulder tackle by Galino sends A. Gallagh to the mat. A. Gallagh gets hit with a huge clothesline. Hooks the leg for a two count. Tag to Jimmy Farnes. Galino and Farnes whip A. Gallagh into the corner. Jimmy Farnes whips Freddie Galino in for a hard clothesline to follow-up. Jimmy Farnes with a spinning neckbreaker on A. Gallagh. Hooks the leg for a two count. Farnes slams Adrian Gallagher. Adrian Gallagher avoids a Jimmy Farnes avalanche. Slingshot senton by A. Gallagh, crushing the chest of Farnes. Tag to Nate Exley. Gut buster, Farnes hits hard. Vicious lightning kick by Exley on Farnes. Farnes counters a sleeper hold by turning it into a jaw breaker. Tag between Jimmy Farnes and Freddie Galino. Beautiful spinning arm drag out of the corner by Galino. Freddie Galino drills Nate Exley with a press slam into a Michinoku Driver. Pinfall attempt gets a 2.9999. Galino bodyslams Nate Exley. Exley blocks the suplex attempt. Exley pulls a picture perfect fallaway slam out of the bag, driving Freddie Galino down to the mat. Freddie Galino is in big trouble...Queen's English!! 1....2....3! This was missing something, so it only gets a ****1\2 rating. 89% overall.

Third Match: Faith Connors vs. Billie Padgett
Billie gets caught with a belly to belly suplex from Faith. Stiff high kick on Billie by Faith Connors who has evidently been watching some old AJPW tapes recently. Second rope flying axe handle, Billie goes down. Stun Gun from Faith Connors! There used to be this blonde guy in WCW in the early 90's who used that...i wonder what happened to him? Billie backdrops Faith Connors out of a piledriver attempt. Legsweep out of Nowhere. Where is Nowhere, and why do moves keep coming out of there? Does it have a factory? Spinning bulldog in the corner, Faith is down. Cover for a two count. Faith counters an arm wringer with an elbow to the side of the head. Faith crushes Billie with a sweet running senton. There's a two count on the pin. Billie gets hit with a running splash mountain out of the corner. Pin : 1 - 2 - 2.9999999. Billie reverses a Faith Connors hammerlock. Dropkick connects, Faith goes down. Faith blocks a kick from Billie Padgett. Faith Connors hits a rolling kick on Billie. Tania comes running down the aisle and into the ring! Billie Padgett turns around. Tania spins Billie around. Tania hits the Nose Dive! Tania leaves the ring, the damage done! Cover gets three. Faith Connors pinned Billie. Billie is pounding the canvas with punches, shouting about how unfair everything is. A ***** rating for a superb bout!

That's right...FIVE...FUCKING...STARS!

Backstage, Michael Hotbody is on the phone talking about plans and how he wants something to look. We don't get to hear the complete details as Aphrodite approaches him. She manages to use her feminine wiles and Hotbody's own ego against him to get him to agree to a match with Caleb Greene on SmackDown! tomorrow night.

Fourth Match: Romeo Valiente vs. Ozzy Mandias
Second rope flying axe handle, Valiente goes down. Flying cross body off the top rope! Even Steamboat would have applauded the execution on that. Hooks the leg for a two count. Valiente blocks the suplex attempt. Chanelling the spirit of Misawa, Romeo Valiente uses a forearm to the face. Rude Awakening on Ozzy Mandias by Valiente. Cover for a two count. Lifting DDT by Romeo Valiente, executed well. Pin, but Oz is out just before the three count. Back elbow connects, Oz staggers backward. Romeo Valiente gets taken down out of nowhere. Super kick by Ozzy Mandias. There's a two count on the pin. Vicious kick to the teeth from Ozzy Mandias. Akira Maeda would be proud. Pin : 1 - 2 - 2.9999999. Flying elbow from Ozzy Mandias. Oz hits a wicked chop that echoes through the building. Valiente counters a backdrop attempt with a kick to the face. Gut buster, Oz hits hard. Massive lariat, Valiente really put some power into that. Ozzy Mandias gets whipped into the corner by Valiente, and flips all the way over to the outside! Oz stays down on the outside, hurt. The referee reaches a ten count, and this one is over. Romeo Valiente slides out of the ring to the floor, then turns and leaves through the crowd. He's happy to have the win, and evidently isn't going to hang around for Oz to get some payback. This was missing something, so it only gets a ****1\2 rating. 93% overall.

Fifth Match: Kyle Jacobs, Raymond Delaney, Seth Von Kamp and The Dillingers vs. WWE Intercontinental Champion Salvatore Scabbia, Ronnie Costello, Moses McKay, and The Academy
Justin Mitchell uses move #193 (arm-BAR). Big backdrop on Dillinger, executed well. Mitchell tags out to Randy Ellis. Dillinger receives some punishment. Dillinger tags out to Joey Dillinger. Kick from Randy Ellis to the leg. The Didact tags out to Moses McKay. Randy Ellis scoops up Joey. McKay bounces off the ropes and hits a flying Hart Attack clothesline. McKay tags out to Salvatore Scabbia. Salvatore Scabbia strikes Joey. Second rope flying axe handle, Joey goes down. There's a two count on the pin. Big Sal tags out to Moses McKay. McKay \ Big Sal whip Joey into the corner. Moses McKay whips Salvatore Scabbia in for a hard clothesline to follow-up. Joey walks into a spike slam. Hooks the leg for a two count. Tag between Moses McKay and Ronnie Costello. Flying elbow from Ronnie Costello. Lightning kick by Costello on Joey. Tag to Justin Mitchell. Delayed brainbuster suplex, Mitchell really drove that one down. Pinfall attempt gets a 2.9999. Joey Dillinger reverses a hip toss. Tag to Seth Von Kamp. Flying elbow from Seth Von Kamp. Mitchell takes a hurrancarana from Seth Von Kamp. Hooks the leg for a two count. Tag to Raymond Delaney. Von Kamp \ Delaney whip Mitchell into the ropes and hit a double back elbow. There's a two count on the pin. Springboard dropkick from Raymond Delaney. Nicely done. Cover, but there's a last second kick-out. Delaney walks into a trip. Randy Ellis hits a rolling kick on Delaney. The Didact tags out to Ronnie Costello. Beautiful spinning arm drag out of the corner by Costello. Raymond Delaney comes up with a right hand out of nowhere. Tag between Raymond Delaney and Kyle Jacobs. Hard impact russian legsweep by Jacobs. If you're going to get impact, 'hard' is probably a good way to go. Devastating face-first slam from Jacobs on Costello. Massive lariat, Jacobs really put some power into that. Tag between Kyle Jacobs and Seth Von Kamp. Jacobs \ Von Kamp hook up Costello, then hit a double suplex. Springboard dropkick from Seth Von Kamp. Nicely done. Ronnie Costello is in trouble. Collapse of Society!!! That shook the ring. 1....2....3!! That was good. **** rating. 86% overall.

Naomi Bailey is out in the ring. Everyone sure loved Faith Connors tonight, huh? Naomi doesn't care. Faith couldn't get the job done at Backlash and that's the only thing that matters. Now that Faith has thoroughly proven herself incapable of rising to the occasion it's time to start talking about making Naomi Bailey the number one contender to the Women's Title. She knows Sonya Braddock is here tonight and Naomi demands that she makes herself present right now and give an answer.

The Women's Champion does in fact show up and addresses Naomi from the stage. Braddock confesses that it would be tremendous to have the opportunity to knock out Naomi one more time but it's going to take more than tough talk to get that title match Naomi is asking for. Sonya may have retained the title at Backlash but she's not happy with how it went down. She's actually considering giving Faith Connors another shot. Naomi doesn't take too kindly to that bit of news and warns Braddock about the risk of ignoring the Queen. Braddock doesn't bow to anybody...your highness. Do your worst. We end with both women staring each other down.

Sixth Match: Ryan Pattillo vs. L.A. Xander
Pattillo hits a massive spinning kick to the jaw. Dropkick connects, LAX goes down. Bodyslam by Pattillo. Flying elbow from Ryan Pattillo. L.A. Xander takes the advantage after a i-block-your-punch-you-don't-block-mine routine. Fallaway slam by L.A. Xander. L.A. Xander hits a bulldog off the ropes. Hooks the leg for a two count. LAX only gets knees on a splash. Super frankensteiner on LAX, who hit hard. There's a two count on the pin. Springboard dropkick from Ryan Pattillo. Nicely done. Pinfall attempt gets a 2.9999. L.A. Xander pulls a mule kick out of nowhere. Stiff high kick on Pattillo by L.A. Xander who has evidently been watching some old AJPW tapes recently. Pattillo blocks the suplex attempt. Pattillo hits a dropkick on L.A. Xander. Ryan Pattillo moves in for the kill. Here it comes - Nadowa Slam. 1....2...3, it's finished. This was missing something, so it only gets a ****1\2 rating. 93% overall.

MAIN EVENT: Brandon Reigns vs. King Kavovit
Kick from Brandon Reigns to the leg. Reigns bodyslams King Kavovit. Reigns slams King Kavovit down. Brandon Reigns snap suplexes Kavovit...with authority! ('With authority', trademark G.Monsoon 1986.) Kavovit reverses a Brandon Reigns hammerlock. Second rope flying axe handle, Reigns goes down. Spinning bulldog in the corner, Reigns is down. There's a two count on the pin. Brandon Reigns reverses a hip toss. Big piledriver on Kavovit. Hooks the leg for a two count. Kavovit walks into a face crusher variation. Pin : 1 - 2 - 2.9999999. Kavovit blocks a kick from Brandon Reigns. King Kavovit strikes Reigns. Brandon Reigns avoids a King Kavovit avalanche. Fallaway slam by Brandon Reigns. Brandon Reigns floors King Kavovit. Iron Reign!!! King Kavovit taps out! A ****1\2 rating for a great match. 93% overall.

Afterwards, Lisa Benton comes out to inform everyone that she does her best to deliver on promises and that she has determined when the next Intercontinental title match will occur and who will participate. To placate the fans who were looking forward to a triple threat match at Backlash for the championship, fear not! Tomorrow night on SmackDown!, the main even will be Salvatore Scabbia defending the Intercontinental Title against Brandon Reigns AND Kyle Jacobs!

Overall show rating: 87%.

01-31-2021, 12:55 PM	#2775
M-A-G Higher. Further. Faster. Posts: 20,865	Superstars: May 3, 2040 We're beginning the month of May with this presentation of Superstars! For some strange reason things look a little different and we've got some fancier graphics () We open with the returning Brandon Reigns! He looks pretty healthy and ready to go. He takes the mic and addresses the fact that it was unfortunate that he missed out on his rightfully earned chance at the Intercontinental Title at Backlash. The end result would have been the same; there would have been a new champion only it would've Brandon Reigns. He fully expects the situation to be remedied and is counting on Lisa Benton to do the right thing and allow him to challenge for the title. Lisa Benton herself joins us and gets right to it. She's glad to see Reigns back but questions if he's sure he's ready to go because she wants to schedule an Intercontinental Title match soon. Reigns is more than ready, he declares. In fact, to prove it, he'll take an open challenge for the main event tonight! Benton ponders this for a bit but ultimately agrees. First Match: Hugo vs. Todd Griffith This is our first look at Hugo after the devastation he left after his debut on Raw. We're not sure if Carl Deveroux will ever recover. Hugo strikes Griffith. Stiff chop lights up Griffith. Hugo fires off some right and left hands. There's a two count on the pin. Griffith takes a flying neckbreaker from Hugo. Cover for a two count. Hugo gets taken down out of nowhere. Griffith snapmares Hugo. Cover for a two count. Todd Griffith uses a running dropkick into the corner. Hugo powers out of a Todd Griffith headlock. Flying clothesline by Hugo. Todd Griffith is in trouble. Moonsault Crush!!! That shook the ring. 1....2....3!! Todd Griffith leaves and walks back down the aisle. Wait...Hugo comes running as well, and Griffith gets dropped with a clothesline, followed by a load of stomps. He is left lying in the aisle. I'll give it a 1\2 rating. 52% overall. Just a squash over a jobber to start the ball rolling on getting Hugo over. Martyn LaSalle makes his way to the ring, looking a bit worse for wear but that's to be expected after his brutal I Quit match against Quentin McDaniels. He wants to let us know that physically, he'll recover. He always bounces back. Mentally? Spiritually? He won't lie to us, he took his loss pretty bad. He fully expected to go over McDaniels but LaSalle underestimated him. LaSalle isn't sure where he'll go from here but rest assured he's definitely not going away. He recover and he'll start that climb to the top again. Hell, maybe he'll take Brandon Reigns up on his chal... ...Jason Sorola's music hits and he interjects himself. Jason calls LaSalle and mopey loser. No one cares about how LaSalle feels and it'd be funny if it weren't so sad. LaSalle needs to man up just like Jason Sorola. LaSalle fires back that perhaps Sorola has a point. After all, here he stands now, strong and confident, when not that long ago LaSalle made Sorola tap out like a little bitch and made sure he didn't get a World Title shot. Sorola turns red and turns around but then tries a surprise right hand. LaSalle catches him though and looks to apply the Martynizer! Sorola escapes and bails however. Second Match: The British Infection vs. Jimmy Farnes and Freddie Galino Flying shoulder tackle by Galino sends A. Gallagh to the mat. A. Gallagh gets hit with a huge clothesline. Hooks the leg for a two count. Tag to Jimmy Farnes. Galino and Farnes whip A. Gallagh into the corner. Jimmy Farnes whips Freddie Galino in for a hard clothesline to follow-up. Jimmy Farnes with a spinning neckbreaker on A. Gallagh. Hooks the leg for a two count. Farnes slams Adrian Gallagher. Adrian Gallagher avoids a Jimmy Farnes avalanche. Slingshot senton by A. Gallagh, crushing the chest of Farnes. Tag to Nate Exley. Gut buster, Farnes hits hard. Vicious lightning kick by Exley on Farnes. Farnes counters a sleeper hold by turning it into a jaw breaker. Tag between Jimmy Farnes and Freddie Galino. Beautiful spinning arm drag out of the corner by Galino. Freddie Galino drills Nate Exley with a press slam into a Michinoku Driver. Pinfall attempt gets a 2.9999. Galino bodyslams Nate Exley. Exley blocks the suplex attempt. Exley pulls a picture perfect fallaway slam out of the bag, driving Freddie Galino down to the mat. Freddie Galino is in big trouble...Queen's English!! 1....2....3! This was missing something, so it only gets a *1\2 rating. 89% overall. Third Match: Faith Connors vs. Billie Padgett Billie gets caught with a belly to belly suplex from Faith. Stiff high kick on Billie by Faith Connors who has evidently been watching some old AJPW tapes recently. Second rope flying axe handle, Billie goes down. Stun Gun from Faith Connors! There used to be this blonde guy in WCW in the early 90's who used that...i wonder what happened to him? Billie backdrops Faith Connors out of a piledriver attempt. Legsweep out of Nowhere. Where is Nowhere, and why do moves keep coming out of there? Does it have a factory? Spinning bulldog in the corner, Faith is down. Cover for a two count. Faith counters an arm wringer with an elbow to the side of the head. Faith crushes Billie with a sweet running senton. There's a two count on the pin. Billie gets hit with a running splash mountain out of the corner. Pin : 1 - 2 - 2.9999999. Billie reverses a Faith Connors hammerlock. Dropkick connects, Faith goes down. Faith blocks a kick from Billie Padgett. Faith Connors hits a rolling kick on Billie. Tania comes running down the aisle and into the ring! Billie Padgett turns around. Tania spins Billie around. Tania hits the Nose Dive! Tania leaves the ring, the damage done! Cover gets three. Faith Connors pinned Billie. Billie is pounding the canvas with punches, shouting about how unfair everything is. A * rating for a superb bout! That's right...FIVE...FUCKING...STARS! Backstage, Michael Hotbody is on the phone talking about plans and how he wants something to look. We don't get to hear the complete details as Aphrodite approaches him. She manages to use her feminine wiles and Hotbody's own ego against him to get him to agree to a match with Caleb Greene on SmackDown! tomorrow night. Fourth Match: Romeo Valiente vs. Ozzy Mandias Second rope flying axe handle, Valiente goes down. Flying cross body off the top rope! Even Steamboat would have applauded the execution on that. Hooks the leg for a two count. Valiente blocks the suplex attempt. Chanelling the spirit of Misawa, Romeo Valiente uses a forearm to the face. Rude Awakening on Ozzy Mandias by Valiente. Cover for a two count. Lifting DDT by Romeo Valiente, executed well. Pin, but Oz is out just before the three count. Back elbow connects, Oz staggers backward. Romeo Valiente gets taken down out of nowhere. Super kick by Ozzy Mandias. There's a two count on the pin. Vicious kick to the teeth from Ozzy Mandias. Akira Maeda would be proud. Pin : 1 - 2 - 2.9999999. Flying elbow from Ozzy Mandias. Oz hits a wicked chop that echoes through the building. Valiente counters a backdrop attempt with a kick to the face. Gut buster, Oz hits hard. Massive lariat, Valiente really put some power into that. Ozzy Mandias gets whipped into the corner by Valiente, and flips all the way over to the outside! Oz stays down on the outside, hurt. The referee reaches a ten count, and this one is over. Romeo Valiente slides out of the ring to the floor, then turns and leaves through the crowd. He's happy to have the win, and evidently isn't going to hang around for Oz to get some payback. This was missing something, so it only gets a 1\2 rating. 93% overall. Fifth Match: Kyle Jacobs, Raymond Delaney, Seth Von Kamp and The Dillingers vs. WWE Intercontinental Champion Salvatore Scabbia, Ronnie Costello, Moses McKay, and The Academy Justin Mitchell uses move #193 (arm-BAR). Big backdrop on Dillinger, executed well. Mitchell tags out to Randy Ellis. Dillinger receives some punishment. Dillinger tags out to Joey Dillinger. Kick from Randy Ellis to the leg. The Didact tags out to Moses McKay. Randy Ellis scoops up Joey. McKay bounces off the ropes and hits a flying Hart Attack clothesline. McKay tags out to Salvatore Scabbia. Salvatore Scabbia strikes Joey. Second rope flying axe handle, Joey goes down. There's a two count on the pin. Big Sal tags out to Moses McKay. McKay \ Big Sal whip Joey into the corner. Moses McKay whips Salvatore Scabbia in for a hard clothesline to follow-up. Joey walks into a spike slam. Hooks the leg for a two count. Tag between Moses McKay and Ronnie Costello. Flying elbow from Ronnie Costello. Lightning kick by Costello on Joey. Tag to Justin Mitchell. Delayed brainbuster suplex, Mitchell really drove that one down. Pinfall attempt gets a 2.9999. Joey Dillinger reverses a hip toss. Tag to Seth Von Kamp. Flying elbow from Seth Von Kamp. Mitchell takes a hurrancarana from Seth Von Kamp. Hooks the leg for a two count. Tag to Raymond Delaney. Von Kamp \ Delaney whip Mitchell into the ropes and hit a double back elbow. There's a two count on the pin. Springboard dropkick from Raymond Delaney. Nicely done. Cover, but there's a last second kick-out. Delaney walks into a trip. Randy Ellis hits a rolling kick on Delaney. The Didact tags out to Ronnie Costello. Beautiful spinning arm drag out of the corner by Costello. Raymond Delaney comes up with a right hand out of nowhere. Tag between Raymond Delaney and Kyle Jacobs. Hard impact russian legsweep by Jacobs. If you're going to get impact, 'hard' is probably a good way to go. Devastating face-first slam from Jacobs on Costello. Massive lariat, Jacobs really put some power into that. Tag between Kyle Jacobs and Seth Von Kamp. Jacobs \ Von Kamp hook up Costello, then hit a double suplex. Springboard dropkick from Seth Von Kamp. Nicely done. Ronnie Costello is in trouble. Collapse of Society!!! That shook the ring. 1....2....3!! That was good. rating. 86% overall. Naomi Bailey is out in the ring. Everyone sure loved Faith Connors tonight, huh? Naomi doesn't care. Faith couldn't get the job done at Backlash and that's the only thing that matters. Now that Faith has thoroughly proven herself incapable of rising to the occasion it's time to start talking about making Naomi Bailey the number one contender to the Women's Title. She knows Sonya Braddock is here tonight and Naomi demands that she makes herself present right now and give an answer. The Women's Champion does in fact show up and addresses Naomi from the stage. Braddock confesses that it would be tremendous to have the opportunity to knock out Naomi one more time but it's going to take more than tough talk to get that title match Naomi is asking for. Sonya may have retained the title at Backlash but she's not happy with how it went down. She's actually considering giving Faith Connors another shot. Naomi doesn't take too kindly to that bit of news and warns Braddock about the risk of ignoring the Queen. Braddock doesn't bow to anybody...your highness. Do your worst. We end with both women staring each other down. Sixth Match: Ryan Pattillo vs. L.A. Xander Pattillo hits a massive spinning kick to the jaw. Dropkick connects, LAX goes down. Bodyslam by Pattillo. Flying elbow from Ryan Pattillo. L.A. Xander takes the advantage after a i-block-your-punch-you-don't-block-mine routine. Fallaway slam by L.A. Xander. L.A. Xander hits a bulldog off the ropes. Hooks the leg for a two count. LAX only gets knees on a splash. Super frankensteiner on LAX, who hit hard. There's a two count on the pin. Springboard dropkick from Ryan Pattillo. Nicely done. Pinfall attempt gets a 2.9999. L.A. Xander pulls a mule kick out of nowhere. Stiff high kick on Pattillo by L.A. Xander who has evidently been watching some old AJPW tapes recently. Pattillo blocks the suplex attempt. Pattillo hits a dropkick on L.A. Xander. Ryan Pattillo moves in for the kill. Here it comes - Nadowa Slam. 1....2...3, it's finished. This was missing something, so it only gets a 1\2 rating. 93% overall. MAIN EVENT: Brandon Reigns vs. King Kavovit Kick from Brandon Reigns to the leg. Reigns bodyslams King Kavovit. Reigns slams King Kavovit down. Brandon Reigns snap suplexes Kavovit...with authority! ('With authority', trademark G.Monsoon 1986.) Kavovit reverses a Brandon Reigns hammerlock. Second rope flying axe handle, Reigns goes down. Spinning bulldog in the corner, Reigns is down. There's a two count on the pin. Brandon Reigns reverses a hip toss. Big piledriver on Kavovit. Hooks the leg for a two count. Kavovit walks into a face crusher variation. Pin : 1 - 2 - 2.9999999. Kavovit blocks a kick from Brandon Reigns. King Kavovit strikes Reigns. Brandon Reigns avoids a King Kavovit avalanche. Fallaway slam by Brandon Reigns. Brandon Reigns floors King Kavovit. Iron Reign!!! King Kavovit taps out! A **1\2 rating for a great match. 93% overall. Afterwards, Lisa Benton comes out to inform everyone that she does her best to deliver on promises and that she has determined when the next Intercontinental title match will occur and who will participate. To placate the fans who were looking forward to a triple threat match at Backlash for the championship, fear not! Tomorrow night on SmackDown!, the main even will be Salvatore Scabbia defending the Intercontinental Title against Brandon Reigns AND Kyle Jacobs! Overall show rating: 87%.