The Final Cut

We start off this week’s show with the Raw brand and your announcers are Scott Standford and Josh Mathews.

Match Number One: JTG versus Mason Ryan

JTG takes his time coming out of the corner while Ryan wants to get things going. They lock up and Ryan sends JTG to the mat. JTG retreats to the ropes and Ryan is not happy. JTG with a kick and forearms to the back followed by a side head lock. Ryan with a shoulder tackle followed by shoulders in the corner. Ryan with a biel that sends JTG across the ring. Ryan with a big boot that sends JTG to the apron. JTG with a clip to the knee and then he works on the back with a series of forearms. Ryan with a clothesline followed by a running shoulder into the corner. Ryan with an Irish whip and back body drop.

Ryan with a clothesline in the corner but JTG with a sliding uppercut but Ryan catches JTG and hits a few back breakers followed by a power slam. Ryan with a kick and then he hits a pump handle power slam for the three count.

Winner: Mason Ryan

We go to commercial.

Match Number Two: Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks versus Titus O’Neil and Percy Watson

Tyler and Percy start things off and Tyler backs Watson into the corner. Reks with a forearm and punches in the corner followed by a side head lock take down. Reks with a shoulder tackle but Watson with a drop kick and then he hits a double underhook take down. Watson with a punch but Reks with a kick and he runs Percy into the corner to tag in Hawkins. Curt kicks Percy and then he slaps him. Hawkins with more kick to the head and then he hits a suplex and gets a near fall.

Hawkins sends Percy into the turnbuckles and Reks is tagged back in and Reks hits a clothesline on Watson. Watson tries to make the tag but Reks stops him. Watson with punches but Reks with a forearm across the chest as he takes Percy back to the mat. Hawkins tags in and Watson tries to fight out of the corner. Hawkins with a snap mare and Curt with knees to the back before applying a reverse chin lock.

Watson with a belly-to-back suplex and both men are down. Titus and Reks make the tag and Titus with a running shoulder tackle followed by a punch and a reverse atomic drop and a flying clothesline and Titus barks. Titus goes for Clash of the Titus but Hawkins breaks it up and all four men get in the ring and while the referee deals with Watson, Reks and Hawkins hit a power slam and neck breaker combination on Titus for the three count.

Winners: Tyler Reks and Curt Hawkins

We go to commercial.

It is time for the Smackdown portion of the show and your announcers are Matt Striker and Jack Korpela.

Match Number Three: Alicia Fox versus Tamina

Tamina pushes Alicia and then Alicia shimmies for no reason and Tamina with kicks and a forearm. Alicia with an elbow to Tamina and then she avoids a charge into the corner and Alciia with a sunset flip for a near fall. Alicia with arm drags into an arm bar. Alicia tries for a neck breaker but Tamina blocks it and hits a savate kick for a near fall.

Tamina with kicks to Alicia and then she sends Alicia into the turnbuckles. Tamina kicks Alicia followed by a hard Irish whip. Tamina with kicks in the corner and then she hits a running butt splash into the corner. Tamina gets a near fall. Tamina with a back breaker on her shoulder but Alicia gets back to her feet but Tamina with a thrust to the throat.

Alicia sends Tamina’s arm into the mat and then Alicia backs into the corner. Tamina misses a chop and Alicia with a few drop kicks followed by a jumping kick and forearms. Tamina with an Irish whip but Alicia with an elbow out of the corner for a near fall. Tamina kicks Alicia and then hits a leg drop. Tamina goes up top for a daughter of the Superfly splash but Alicia moves and Alicia hits the Axe kick for the three count.

Winner: Alicia Fox

We go to commercial.

Match Number Four: Brodus Clay versus Allen Turner

Clay with an arm bar and elbow to the head followed by a punch and a head butt to the chest. Clay with a leg drop and a t-bone suplex. Clay with a muscle buster but he pulls Turner up at two. Clay sends Turner into the corner and then Clay with a running splash and cross body for the three count.

Winner: Brodus Clay Flawless Victory

We go to commercial.

Match Number Five: Heath Slater versus Daniel Bryan

Slater tries to get into Bryan’s head by delaying. Bryan with a wrist lock and he takes Slater to the mat. Bryan with a side head lock take down but Slater with a head scissors and Bryan escapes. Slater with a kick and elbow but Bryan with a back elbow and kick to the back for a near fall. Bryan works on the arm and drives Slater’s arm into his shoulder and Bryan with an arm bar on one arm and a hammer lock on the other and he gets a near fall.

Bryan with a surfboard but Slater counters and he tries for a Gory Special but Bryan with a belly-to-back suplex for a near fall. Bryan sets for the Mexican surfboard and he drives Slater into the mat. Bryan with a kick to the back and then a series to the chest and Bryan gets a near fall. Slater with a kick to Bryan followed by a punch and then he drives a knee into Bryan’s back and he applies a reverse chin lock.

Bryan punches Slater and then connects with a European uppercut. Bryan with a Dragon Screw leg whip and then he hits the running drop kick into the corner. Bryan gets a near fall. Bryan with a snap underhook DDT for a near fall. Bryan with a hammer lock but Slater with elbows to try to get out of the hold. Bryan with a drop kick and then he tries for the LeBell Lock but Slater is able to go to the floor and we go to commercial.

We are back and Slater with a side head lock but Bryan with a shoulder tackle. Slater with a hot shot and then Slater with a baseball slide to the head as Bryan hangs from the ropes and Slater gets a near fall. Slater with a kick to the ribs and Bryan goes to the apron. Slater chokes Bryan and the referee warns him.

Slater with a slingshot that sends Bryan’s throat into the bottom rope and Bryan goes to the floor. Slater celebrates his performance so far but he lets Bryan recover. Slater with a snap mare and knee to the back and then Slater with an arm bar. Bryan with kicks to the head to get out of the hold and both men are down.

Bryan with kicks to Slater but Slater hits a back breaker and gets a near fall. Slater kicks Bryan in the corner. Slater with punches and Bryan slumps into the corner. Bryan flips over Slater in the corner and Bryan hits the flying clothesline and both men are down. Bryan tries to get a second wind but Slater with a kick and then Bryan sends Slater over the top rope to the floor. Bryan with the suicide dive onto Slater and both men are down on the floor.

Bryan sends Slater back into the ring and he goes up top for the missile drop kick but Slater moves out of the way. Bryan lands on his feet and then Bryan hits a Yakuza kick for a near fall. Bryan with kicks to the chest but Slater ducks and hits an reverse slam and gets a near fall. Slater punches Bryan but Bryan punches back. Slater with a gutbuster to Bryan for a near fall.

Slater kicks Bryan in the corner and then Bryan rolls through in the corner and gets a near fall with a sunset flip. Bryan with a DDT and then he holds on and applies the guillotine choke and Slater taps out.

Winner: Daniel Bryan

We go to credits.

Source: PWInsider

- Triple H spoke with The Miami Herald this week to promote his new WWE Studios movie Inside Out. Here are a few highlights:

Stephanie McMahon’s reaction to his kissing scenes:
“When the kissing scene comes up, my wife just leaves the room. It would be very quiet for a long time. The [Triple H] kissing scenes don’t go over very big in my house.”

Filming Inside Out:
“Inside Out for me was a phenomenal experience because I worked with Michael Rapaport, Parker Posey, Julie White, Michael Cudlitz, Bruce Dern. That’s a pretty heavy duty list of very good actors. For me, shooting scenes with Bruce Dern was never-wracking. I’m sitting across from Bruce Dern, shooting a heated scene with him.”

Doing movies and wrestling:
“I’ve always said this. It’s never been my desire to necessarily go to Hollywood. When I did ‘Blade,’ I was offered a three-picture deal with New Line [Cinema], and I turned it down because I didn’t want to make movies and be a movie guy. I wanted to stay in the wrestling business. When [WWE Studios] offered me ‘The Chaperone’ [2011] and ‘Inside Out,’ I said, ‘Yes.’ They were good projects, and the timing worked right. I had the time off.”

“If another thing comes along, and it’s a great project, and I like the script, and I think I’d have fun doing it, I would do it. But am I knocking on somebody’s door? I’m not calling up the guys who run WWE Studios, saying, ‘Hey, guys, where’s my next movie?’ If it’s the right thing [with WWE Studios] and it’s the right time, great. If not, I’m cool with that, too. It’s a fun thing to do on the side.”

The following press release was sent out Thursday:

Trish Stratus Launches Her Lifestyle Brand-and Takes Yoga Into the Stratusphere Stratus Teams Up With HoMedics Canada to Release a Line of Products That Hits Retailers This Fall

TORONTO, ONTARIO, Sep 08, 2011 — Officially confirmed today, fitness icon, entrepreneur and seven-time WWE Women’s Champion, Trish Stratus, has teamed up with HoMedics Canada to produce her own line of unique yoga and fitness gear, Stratusphere Living, following the success of her Stratusphere Yoga Studio.

The Stratusphere Living line will hit select Canadian retailers in September, and will also be available online via trishstratus.com.

The new line of yoga and fitness products include the weighted Fitgloves – a first for yogis – an eco-friendly TPE yoga mat, ultra-absorbing yoga towel, a yoga block, and an all-inclusive yoga kit incorporating a yoga mat, Trish’s Stratusphere Yoga DVD and her nuTrishion journal.

HoMedics Canada CEO Shaun Kobrin, says the partnership brings together HoMedics’ expertise in product development and distribution of health, wellness and lifestyle products across North America, and Trish’s reputation as one of Canada’s leading fitness experts and yoga ambassadors, making it the perfect match.

“I am extremely happy with this new partnership. Trish Stratus and the Stratusphere brand project the key values everyone should live by, and which HoMedics Canada strongly supports – balanced living and a healthy lifestyle,” Kobrin said.

The Stratusphere Living line has been crafted personally by Stratus herself, and she provides her personal touch to every product. “I wanted to give people the tools to help get them on the right track to healthy living. Every item in my line addresses the steps you need to make a lifestyle shift. Stratusphere Living is a lifestyle,” Stratus says.

After a decade long career in the industry, fitness fans are sure to be ‘stratusfied’ with the release of Trish’s first-ever workout DVD. Using yoga to rehabilitate a back injury, and drawing on her diverse fitness background, Trish was inspired to create a total mindbody workout that combines the benefits of strength training and yoga.

The Stratusphere Living brand will also be making its debut on a local and global scale via the popular IT Lounge gifting suite, to be held during the Toronto International Film Festival this year. Held from September 8 to 14, the celebrity gifting suite will be located at the NKPR Adelaide Street, Toronto location. Stratusphere Living’s presence in the Lounge will help raise funds and awareness for local and global charities, Artists for Peace and Justice and Camp Oochigeas.

Stratusphere Living will be available at London Drugs and Sportchek this September, followed by Sears, GNC, and Home Outfitters in early October.

– The latest issue of WWE Magazine claims security personnel at television events have been ordered to keep an eye out for an individual who appeared on the last season of Tough Enough as he/she is threatening to intrude WWE programming.

“The Informer” says: “Insiders report that a certain Tough Enough loser feels he/she was wronged by being eliminated from the program. So much so that he/she is threatening a run-in on WWE programming!

“Arena security is on alert all over the U.S.”

– Daniel Bryan beats Heath Slater on this week’s episode of WWE Superstars, which resulted in WWE.com posting a headline reading “Bryan Finally Wins!” The sub-headline reads “Daniel Bryan snapped his losing streak on “WWE Superstars” with a victory over Heath Slater.”

Bryan had only been on a two-match losing streak: he lost to Sin Cara on August 30 and Christian on August 26. Excluding his victory over Drew McIntyre on the August 25 episode of WWE Superstars, Bryan last garnered a victory on WWE programming on the August 5 SmackDown in a win over Tyson Kidd.

– Pro Wrestling Illustrated has ranked SHIMMER Champion Madison Eagles No. 1 in the “2011 PWI Female 50,” their annual list ranking the top 50 women’s wrestlers in the United States.

“I am honestly very surprised and honored,” Eagles said when she was informed she had landed the top spot. “There are so many great wrestlers, and being recognized at the top of this list is an epic moment for me.”

The top 50 list will be revealed in the November 2011 issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated.

– The official WWE website added Aksana to the SmackDown roster today. The former NXT Rookie Diva returned to WWE programming on the August 5 episode of SmackDown.

– Vickie Guerrero announced on Twitter that her official website, www.MyVickieGuerrero.com, will be launched tomorrow.

– Former WWE talent Vito LoGrasso is accepting bookings for independent wrestling events via vitobookings@yahoo.com.