What's up everyone. I hope you all are having a good week so far. There's a lot that happened before this week ends so here we go.
WWE
This past Sunday, WWE Summerslam occurred. The match results are:
- Kofi Kingston, Rey Mysterio, & John Morrison def. The Miz, R-Truth, & Alberto Del Rio in a 6-man tag team match
- Mark Henry def. Sheamus via countout
- Kelly Kelly def. Beth Phoenix to retain the WWE Divas Championship
- Wade Barrett def. Daniel Bryan
- Randy Orton def. Christian in a No Holds Barred match to become the NEW World Heavyweight Champion
- CM Punk def. John Cena to become the WWE Undisputed Champion
However, Kevin Nash attacked CM Punk after the match, which caused Alberto Del Rio to cash in Money in the Bank contract to which:
- Alberto Del Rio def. CM Punk in 8 seconds to win the WWE Championship
The next night on Raw, Kevin Nash appeared and explained his actions that he received a text message to appear at Summerslam. CM Punk interrupted and caused a conversation to occur between the two. Later that night, Rey Mysterio would face Alberto Del Rio for the WWE Championship (Rey Mysterio would invoke a rematch clause a week before Summerslam to face the winner of the WWE Championship on the Raw where it took place in his hometown of San Diego). However, Mysterio fell short of regaining the title.
Also, on August 30th 2011, SmackDown will be airing live on Syfy.
ROH
ROH Death before Dishonor IX is an upcoming iPPV that will be streamed live on GFL.tv on September 17, 2011. The iPPV will emanate from New York City at the Manhattan Center. A special match was announced called the "Ringmaster Challenge". ROH Executive Producer Jim Cornette explains it in this video:
UFC
As you may know UFC: Hardy vs Lytle is now in the books. The reason why this was a notable event because it was Chris Lytle's last MMA fight ever as he retired after the event to spend more time with his family. Here are the results of the main card:
- Duane Ludwig def. Amir Sadollah via unanimous decision
- Donald Cerrone def. Charles Oliviera via TKO at Round 1
- Ben Henderson def. Jim Miller via unanimous decision
- Chris Lytle def. Dan Hardy via submission at Round 3
Not a bad show. Although I didn't get to see the conclusion of the main event, it was definitely a good way to end the chapter of Chris Lytle's career.
Also, earlier today UFC had a press conference that confirmed their TV deal with FOX Sports. UFC promoter Dana White mentions that the UFC will broadcast four fights on FOX annually beginning on November 12, 2011 while The Ultimate Fighter will move to FX starting 2012.
I believe that this is a good move for the UFC to bring awareness to the product and what better way than to have a show on FOX. However, keep in mind that this isn't the first time that UFC has ever had a televised event aired on FOX programming as they did a UFC event back in 2002 on Fox Sports Net. Now, that the UFC has a multi-year deal with FOX, expect a lot of changes to occur.
More details can be found here: http://www.ufc.com/news/ufc-on-fox-announcement081811
MLB
After a weekend at home with the Yankees hosting Tampa Bay for 2 games since a 3rd game was rained out, the Yankees headed to Kansas City earlier that week to defeat them 2 out of 3. The final game at Kansas City was controversial regarding a home run that costed the Yankees a victory. Meanwhile for the Mets, they had completed part 2 of their West Coast tour to which they defeated San Diego Padres 2 out of 3.
The Yankees are currently in a 4 game series with the Minnesota Twins which will occur throughout the weekend. Tomorrow, the Mets will head home to host the Milwaukee Brewers for the weekend.
NFL
As you may know the NFL preseason has already started. For the New York teams, the two didn't do so well as the Giants lost to the Panthers on Saturday while the Jets fell short of a victory to Houston this past Monday. However, this was pre-season so win-losses don't exactly matter unlike the regular season. The Jets will host the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday while the Giants will host the Chicago Bears on Monday.
The newsworthy thing that occurred earlier in the week was that both DirecTV and PlayStation announced that NFL Sunday Ticket will be coming to the PS3. For this, you don't exactly have to be a subscriber to DirecTV if you get NFL Sunday Ticket at the price of $339.95. However, if you are currently a DirecTV customer who has NFL Sunday Ticket, you can have it at no additional charge. More details can be found here: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/08/17/directv-and-playstation-bring-nfl-sunday-ticket-to-ps3/
Bellator
Bellator Fighting Championships will be concluding their Summer Series with the finals of the featherweight tournament scheduled to be held at the Mohegan Sun and will air on MTV 2. The Featherweight Tournament Final will be Pat Curran vs Marlon Sandro.
That is all I have to say this week. Hope you all have a good weekend.
-NYCKNP
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